Job Details

Position Description:
Schedule: Monday-Friday Day Shift

Location: Daniel Building

Benefits include: 100% tuition assistance, wellness initiatives, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligible employer, plus more. In addition to our many benefits and perks, UAB Medicine provides a variety of resources to support employees both personally and professionally.

The Clinical Informaticist III supports efforts and facilitates the achievement of UAB Medicine’s vision and strategy through the application of clinical informatics and methods. The Clinical Informaticist III positively influences health care delivery and patient care outcomes, promotes quality initiatives and makes efficient use of resources.

Acting as a liaison between HSIS, Ancillary Services, and the Health System, the Clinical Informaticist III is responsible for leading/coordinating assigned work effort in aspects of clinical systems planning, design, development, implementation, integration, training, ongoing support and evaluation, and applying clinical knowledge and skills to ensure clinical information systems usability.  The Clinical Informaticist III serves as a coach to Clinical Informaticist Level Is & IIs as part of their ongoing professional development and performance improvement.

Position Requirements:
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare/Informatics/Business field; 5 years of Informatics and 3 years of Healthcare experience.  

Preferred:  Master’s degree in Healthcare/Informatics/Business field, 7 years of Informatics and 5 years Healthcare experience


LICENSE, CERTIFICATION AND/OR REGISTRATION:

Required:   If has an earned healthcare/clinical degree (i.e. RN, Radiology, etc.), will maintain current State of Alabama licensure commensurate with degree. Attainment of certification in an Informatics related healthcare field (i.e. Project Management, Quality, Informatics) within 1 year of assuming role.

Preferred: Current certification in an Informatics related healthcare field (i.e. Project Management, Quality, Informatics).

TRAITS & SKILLS:
Must be self-directed / self-motivated; must have good communication and interpersonal skills. Must be able to: (1) perform a variety of duties often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure; (2) accept responsibility for the direction, control and planning of an one’s own work; (3) work independently; (4) recognize the rights and responsibilities of patient confidentiality; (5) convey empathy and compassion to those experiencing pain, physical or emotional distress and/or grief; (6) relate to others in a manner which creates a sense of teamwork and cooperation; (7) communicate effectively with people from every socioeconomic, cultural and educational background; (8) exhibit flexibility and cope effectively in an ever-changing, fast-paced healthcare environment; (9) perform effectively when confronted with emergency, critical, unusual or dangerous situations; (10) demonstrate the quality work ethic of doing the right thing the right way; and (11) maintain a customer focus and strives to satisfy the customer's perceived needs.